| featural surgery | Rarely used term for plastic surgery of the face, for correction or improvement of appearance. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| featureless thecal sac | <radiology> No nerve roots seen (in lumbar spine; roots not seen in T-spine) Differential diagnosis: arachnoiditis, Pantopaque, infection, haemorrhage, surgery / RT, subdural injection, contrast flows, unlike epidural injection, nerve roots seen as they exit, but not between disc levels (12 Dec 1998) |
| features | The various parts of the face, forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, cheeks, and ears, that give to it its individuality and character. Origin: through O. Fr., fr. L. Factura, a making, fr. Facio, to do (05 Mar 2000) |
| febricant | 1. Causing or favouring the development of fever. Synonym: febriferous, febrific. 2. Anything that produces fever. See: pyrogenic. Synonym: febricant. Origin: L. Febris, fever, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000) |
| febricula | A simple continued fever; a mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology. Origin: L. Dim. Of febris, fever (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrifacient | 1. Causing or favouring the development of fever. Synonym: febriferous, febrific. 2. Anything that produces fever. See: pyrogenic. Synonym: febricant. Origin: L. Febris, fever, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000) |
| febriferous | Synonym: febrifacient. Origin: L. Febris, fever, + fero, to bear, + -ous (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrific | 1. Causing or favouring the development of fever. Synonym: febriferous, febrific. 2. Anything that produces fever. See: pyrogenic. Synonym: febricant. Origin: L. Febris, fever, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrifugal | <pharmacology> An agent that relieves or reduces fever. Synonym: antifebrile, antithermic, febrifuge. Origin: Gr. Pyretos = fever (13 Nov 1997) |
| febrifuge | <medicine> A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever. Origin: L. Febris fever + fugare to put to flight, from fugere to flee: cf. F. Febrifuge. See Febrile, Feverfew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| febrile | <symptom> Pertaining to or characterised by fever. Origin: L. Febrilis (18 Nov 1997) |
| febrile agglutinins | <investigation> A serologic fluorescent antibody screen that indicates infection with the rickettsial bacteria which is responsible for Rocky Mountain spotted fever. This test may also be positive in brucellosis, salmonella infection and tularaemia. (27 Sep 1997) |
| febrile albuminuria | Albuminuria associated with fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrile convulsion | A brief seizure, lasting less than 15 minutes, seen in a neurologically normal infant or young child, associated with fever. Synonym: febrile seizure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrile crisis | The stage in a febrile disease when spontaneous defervescence occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |